#tree thinking

[chongoblog]

WAIT

I JUST REMEMBERED HEARING AN ELON MUSK QUOTE WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HE BELIEVES CHESS IS "TOO SIMPLE" OR WHATEVER AND HE SAID HIS FAVORITE GAME WAS A GAME CALLED "POLYTOPIA"

I JUST REMEMBERED THAT IVE PLAYED POLYTOPIA

It being Elon's favorite game (or at least one so important to him that his biographer dedicates a lot of time to it) is.....really really funny.

Basically, imagine Civilization, but as a mobile game. So like if Civilization Revolution was even more dumbed down (that's a Civilization insult. That's devastating. It's devastated right now). For what it's worth, it's not a bad game. On the contrary, from what I could tell in the little bit of time I played it, it's a perfectly competent game with good design. But it's not a deep game by any means. I played through it once, won easily on my first go, then saw that the other playable characters had barely any differences between them.

Like, not to imply you can judge a book by its cover, but here's what it looks like

I came across an article by Dave Karpf discussing this exact thing, and I think it describes it wonderfully

[whats-in-a-sentence]

The history of the plague has become inconceivable except as a joint venture between the natural sciences and the humanities. Time travel and tree thinking, in combination with a greater openness to global history, teach us that the Black Death is just one part of a sprawling story.⁶

6. As early as 1998 and 2000, it was claimed that the archaeological DNA of Y. pestis had been recovered and identified. However, the validity of the techniques and replicability were subject to question. Technical breakthroughs – high-throughput genome sequencing, techniques for capturing targeted DNA, and analytical methods to discriminate between ancient and modern (contaminant) molecules – have definitively allowed the identification of archaeological pathogen DNA, with Y. pestis playing the key role.

"Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History" - Kyle Harper

[plant-gee]

lets photosynthesize with mama

[baristabomb]

...weird amount of dunmeshi fans have been saying being a caretaker in a relationship is the worst thing ever..marcille must want to killl everyone soo bad because doing things for people suuuucks sooo muchh

it's an act of love, not just a job i promise. we all want someone who's willing to take care of us in some way, just like how senshi shows care for others by cooking for them :'|

[monstermonger]

Napping under a blanket of cherry blossom petals…

Itty Bitty Spring Dragon Stickers ♡

[shpepyao]

I am not minecraft-ey guy but this new mob looks so cool

[tawnysoup]

"You never know, you could surprise us all in time. Who’ll ever know if it was you that caused the crime?"

(video lyrics under the cut)

"I heard a word that they paint mirrors on their face And soon forget that they reflect but don’t create.

I suggest that you address your appetite For to be seen to cast your beam across the night."

[artsymeeshee]

Another themed outfit for the Pines, this time cherry blossoms 🌸!!

[blueskittlesart]

what'syour thoughts on everlark yuri

objectively good concept but can you imagine how fucking annoying gale would have been about it

[dreamyblanket]

Yearning from the nothing dimension [rambling in tags ^^]

[junglejim4322]

Someone said this about George bush.. who is responsible for the deaths of over a million people.. George bush..

[heartnosekid]

weirdolini on ig

[these-are-not-my-titties]

Athena domain thing concept for a hypothetical my goodbye??? color pallete based on the wisdom saga album cover

[zillychu]

I NEED Loop to be further tormented by finding out confessing to their party doesn't break their loops, and Siffrin wishes to see Loop again so hard he pops out of the favor tree so he gets to be Loop's guide

[aifoemo]

He of Havoc

[vegaly-art]

Do you think he ever sat under the Xhorhaus tree while the Nein were away? I do.